windsor wrote:I am once reminded that the smartest thing I ever did with regard to WindsorsDaughters' father is NOT marry him. When enough was enough I loaded up MY car with MY stuff , sold MY house and got the hell out of dodge...with MY daughter
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Smart move, Windsor!
The main thing I lost in the divorce, in retrospect, was a feeling that things in my life just weren't right. I remember going out in my yard, looking over my cow pasture and my neighbor's cows, and thinking, "Why am I not happy? What is wrong in my life?" I had a good job, was halfway through paying for my house and 4 acres of land, owed nothing except for a mortgage, had good friends and a nice church where I was well-respected, but there was a big, big hole in my life.
And while it's true you can't buy happiness, you can certainly pay off unhappiness! Somehow he got $10,000 of equity for a house not in his name, that he didn't pay a cent for (or pay a cent toward bills for), plus a truck that he didn't pay a cent for, plus china and flatware (I can't remember the patterns, but they weren't very manly) and a KitchenAid mixer, and it was a good bargain.
Iron Duke #1471997.